Combined folding berth and settee.



N0- 828,0.35. PATENTED AUG. 7, 1906. J. P. LEIN. COMBINED FOLDING BBRTH AND SBTT APPLICATION FILED JULY17, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. LEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatented Aug. '7, 1906.

Application filed July 17,1905. SerialNo. 269,920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. LEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Folding Berth and Settee, of which the following is a full,

tially balanced and. which is pivoted to a sliding seat, the latter being constructed so as to lie under the berth-bottom when the berth is folded down.

The invention will be more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the settee. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view showin the connection between the berth-frame and the settee, and Fig. 3 is a side view.

1 represents a wall or other support carrying supporting brackets or hangers 2, in which the berth-frame is pivotally and slidably mounted. Each bracket has a vertical track 3 and a headed pin 4, and to the ends of the berth-frame are attached brackets 5, having curved T-shaped slots 6, with which the headed pins 4 en age. The lower inside corners of the bert i-frame are provided with rollers 15 to run on the tracks 3.

Attached to thelower outside corners of the berth-frame are downwardly-projecting lugs 7, to which are pivoted a settee-frame 8, having on its front side a pair of legs 9, having casters 10. 1 1 12 are cushions attached to the bottom of the berth-frame and to the setteeframe for the back and seat, respectively, of the settee. As shown in the drawings, the settee and berth frames are formed of angles, as these enable the construction to be light, yet strong.

14 is a latch which engages the berth-frame to hold it and the settee-frame rigidly in position.

16 is an upwardly-projecting lug or support carried by the settee-frame on which the berth-frame may rest when turned down, so that its outer side may be solidly supported by the settee. It will also be understood that the vertical track forms an abutment for the rear side of the berth-frame when down, so that the strain will be distributed between the headed pins, the track, and the legs of the settee-frame.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and it will be seen that I have con structed a combined settee and folding berth which is simple in operation, not likely to get out of order, and ornamental in appearance. It will also be seen that the settee-frame will not interfere with the use of the space under the berth for the storage of trunks and other articles.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a berth-frame pivotally mounted in fixed brackets at each end, of a horizontally-movable settee-frame having independent supporting means, pivoted on the bottom of the berth-frame and adapted to be moved horizontally outward to form a seat when the berth-frame is folded upward to form a back, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a berth-frame pivotally mounted at each end in fixed brackets, of a horizontally-movable settee-frame pivoted at its rear side to the lower outer portion of the berth-frame, and supporting-legs carried by the front portion'of said setteeframe, whereby the space under the berth is unobstructed, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a berth-frame pivotally mounted in fixed brackets at each end, of a horizontally-movable settee-frame, pivoted on the bottom of the berth-frame and adapted to be moved outward to form a seat when the berth-frame is folded upward, and a latch to hold the settee-frame in operative position and prevent collapsing, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a berth-frame intermediately pivoted in fixed brackets at each end, of a settee frame having supports at its front end and attached to said berthframe at the rear end, so as to be moved hori- Zontally outward when the berth-frame is folded upward to form a back, the bottom of the berth-frame when down overlying and being substantially parallel to said settee,

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whereby the space under the settee is unoband at the back by said brackets, substanstructed, substantially as described. tially as described. 10

5. The combination with a berth-frame In testimony whereof I afiix my signature pivoted in fixed brackets at each end, of a in presence of two witnesses.

settee-frame having supports at its front end JOHN P. LEIN. and attached to said berth-frame at its rear Witnesses: end, the berth-frame when down being sup- ARTHUR G. DENVERS,

ported at the front by said settee-supports, VERNON H. OELETTE. 

